Certification Overview

This certification is an assessment of proficiency in programming using Data Structures and Algorithms under a proctored environment. The certification can be used for a lifetime as it tests a candidate’s grasp on subjects that are very fundamental to the field of computer science and durable; they do not change with technological advancements.

Through this certification, it is our mission to provide a reliable, valid and fair method of assessing the skills and knowledge needed to become better programmers and develop a community of highly skilled certified professionals who are good problem solvers.

The grasp of Data Structures and Algorithms is the heart of learning Computer Science. Today, in the IT industry, there is a vast shortage of professionals who have a command on this subject. In fact, recent studies have corroborated our belief that a vast majority of engineers in India are unfit for software development jobs, a fact that we identified and took on to fix 9 years ago.

While the subject is taught in most Engineering Colleges in the country, there is hardly any standard that is being followed in the assessment of the skill levels. We believe that a Certification provided by the global experts in the subject will provide a good ground for the students and professionals to assess themselves. It also provides the software industry a standard to benchmark against and get access to the best students out there. More importantly it provides a level playing ground to every software student and professional to choose a career path that she wants to.

We conducted a survey among our users for which we got an overwhelming response in favour of the need for such a program.

While we believe that the main benefits will be to make employable software programmers, there are other benefits that came out from the responses:

Motivating yourself to improve your knowledge in the subject

Assessing yourself

Applying for a better job

Getting admission in selected universities

Writing efficient code

Over a period of time, we will try and collaborate with various software organisations and educational institutions to consider the CodeChef Certified students and professionals for job interviews and admissions. Here are some organisations who we have collaborated with:

CodeChef was created as a platform to help programmers make it big in the world of algorithms, computer programming and programming contests. At CodeChef we work hard to revive the geek in you by hosting a programming contest at the start of the month and another smaller programming challenge in the middle of the month. We also aim to have training sessions and discussions related to algorithms, binary search, technicalities like array size and the likes. Apart from providing a platform for programming competitions, CodeChef also has various algorithm tutorials and forum discussions to help those who are new to the world of computer programming.

Try your hand at one of our many practice problems and submit your solution in a language of your choice. Our programming contest judge accepts solutions in over 35+ programming languages. Preparing for coding contests were never this much fun! Receive points, and move up through the CodeChef ranks. Use our practice section to better prepare yourself for the multiple programming challenges that take place through-out the month on CodeChef.

Here is where you can show off your computer programming skills. Take part in our 10 day long monthly coding contest and the shorter format Cook-off coding contest. Put yourself up for recognition and win great prizes. Our programming contests have prizes worth up to INR 20,000 (for Indian Community), $700 (for Global Community) and lots more CodeChef goodies up for grabs.